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So, too, are the subtribal names enumerated by Dorsey.

From The Siouan Indians by McGee, W. J. (William John)

A name applied to the Gonds generally, and now used as a subtribal designation to distinguish them from Rāj-Gonds.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Both investigators surveyed independently 11 of the 18 subtribal areas and obtained the names of villages from informants.

From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Cook, Sherburne Friend

For the Chiskokaiya and the Kaikichekaiya, Merriam mentions only one village each, that bearing the subtribal name.

From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Cook, Sherburne Friend